INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In the burn unit, doctors gave the man a pain reliever, cleaned the burns, treated them with a topical antibiotic, and gave them an
antimicrobial foam dressing
At a follow-up appointment, the wounds appeared to be healing without complications.While the man recovered from the injury, the author of
risk of such injuries will only grow as climate change continues."Extreme heat events increase the risk of contact burns from hot surfaces
in the environment," he wrote
"Young children, older adults, unhoused persons, and persons with substance use disorder are at elevated risk for these types of burns."Last
year, The New York Times reported that burn centers in the southwest have already begun seeing larger numbers of burns from contact with
sidewalks and asphalt during heat waves
intoxication, or other health conditions
"Your body just literally sits there and cooks," Clifford Sheckter, surgeon and a burn prevention researcher at Stanford University, told
